Americal Division Order of Battle

World War II Attached Units

This Order of Battle is taken from the book Under the Southern Cross by Captain Francis D. Cronin. 1951

Attachments to the Americal Division, WWII

New Caledonia
    97 Field Artillery Pack Battalion
    70 Coast Artillery Regiment (AA)
    3 Bn, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment (155mm)
    3 Plat, Btry G, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment (155mm)
    810 Aviation Engineer Battalion (Negro)
    811 Aviation Engineer Battalion (Negro)
    700 Signal Air Warning Company
    831 Signal Service Company
    22 Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
    51 Ordnance Ammunition Company
    71 Ordnance Depot Company (composite)
    1 Plat, 676 Ordnance Aviation Company
    1913 Quartermaster Truck Company (Aviation)
    Co A, 82 Quartermaster Battalion (LM)
    352 Quartermaster Company (composite)
    1 Bn, 130 Quartermaster Regiment, less Cos A and B
    3 Quartermaster Aviation Supply Company (detachment)
    65 Materiel Squadron
    Troop B, 251 Quartermaster Remount Squadron (detachment)
    1619 Quartermaster Aviation Company
    1620 Quartermaster Aviation Company
    9 Station Hospital
    52 Evacuation Hospital
    109 Station Hospital
    754 Light Tank Battalion
    67 Pursuit Squadron
    58 Interceptor Control Squadron (detachment)
    2 Chemical Decontamination Company (detachment)
    502 Army Postal Unit
    Army Airways Communications System detachment
    Hq & Hq Det, Air Corps
Guadalcanal
    161 Infantry Regiment
    147 Infantry Regiment less 2 Bn
    1 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment
    2 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment
    3 Bn, 10 Marine Regiment
    Btrys L and Z, 11 Marine Regiment
    1 Bn, 11 Marine Regiment
    3 Bn, 11 Marine Regiment
    Btry A, 14 Marine Defense Battalion
    Btry A, 97 Field Artillery Pack Battalion
    Btry F, 244 Coast Artillery Regiment
    Btry B, 259 Coast Artillery Regiment
Bougainville
    25 Infantry Regiment (Negro)
    1 Bn, 24 Infantry Regiment (Negro)
    3 Bn, Fiji Infantry Regiment
    Co A, 145 Infantry Regiment
    593 Field Artillery Battalion (105mm) (Negro)
    93 Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized)(Negro)
    Cos A, C, D, 82 Chemical Mortar Battalion
    Co A, 318 Engineer Combat Battalion (Negro)
    Co A, 318 Medical Battalion (Negro)
    Co D, 318 Medical Battalion (one plat)(Negro)
    793 Ordnance Light Maintenance Company (detachment)(Negro)
    106 Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
    107 Ordnance Bomb Disposal Squad
Leyte and Samar
    92 Division, Philippine Army
    93 Division, Guerrilla Forces
    1 Filipino Infantry Regiment
    542 Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment (detachment)
    17 Portable Surgical Hospital
Cebu, Bohol and Negros Oriental
    478 AAA AW Battalion, less Btrys C, D
    746 AAA Gun Battalion
    542 Engineer Boat and Shore Regt, less det of Hq & Hq Co and Cos B,C,D
    865 Aviation Engineer Battalion
    1459 Engineer Maintenance Company, less two plats
    636 Port Company
    480 Amphibian Truck Company, less one plat
    592 Joint Assault Signal Company, less Det 292
    2 Plat, 536 Signal Heavy Construction Company
    35 Message Center Team, Type 2 (DB), 997 Signal Service Battalion
    578 Ordnance Ammunition Company, less det
    106 Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
    588 Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company (Tank)(detachment)
    183 Ordnance Service Detachment (Bomb Disposal)
    Team No 5,3073 Ordnance Company (Comosite)(detachment)
    3521 Quartermaster Truck Company
    3368 Quartermaster Service Detachment (Driver Augmentation)
    1 Plat, 248 Quartermaster Depot Supply Company
    410 Quartermaster Refrigeration Detachment, Mobile
    4 Platoon, 123 Quartermaster Bakery Company
    254 Quartermaster Laundry Platoon, Hospital
    110 Quartermaster Graves Registration Platoon, less one section
    1 Plat, 3875 Quartermaster Gas Supply Company (section)
    58 Evacuation Hospital
    10 Portable Surgical Hospital
    17 Portable Surgical Hospital
    Co B (less det), 262 Medical Battalion
    399 Medical Collecting Company
    52 Malaria Control Unit
    401 Medical Composite Company (Malaria Survey)
    670 Medical Clearing Company (platoon)
    Co B, 716 Medium Tank Battalion
    Co B, 658 Amphibian Tractor Battalion
    Support Aircraft Party
    Co A, 80 Chemical Mortar Battalion
    184 Chemical Service Platoon (detachment)
    15 Philippine Civil Affairs Unit
    24 Philippine Civil Affairs Unit
    718 Army Postal Unit
Japan
    180 Chemical Service Platoon
    Co C, 82 Chemical Mortar Battalion
    531 Military Police Battalion

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